Key Provisions in SB1070 Struck Down

Key Provisions in SB1070 Struck Down

U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton struck down key provisions in Arizona's infamous SB 1070 law[6] today and ruled that states cannot preempt federal law. According to The Washington Post[7]:

"Bolton ruled that the injunction would apply to the portion of the state law that requires police to try to determine the immigration status of a person they arrest, stop or detain while enforcing other laws if they reasonably suspect the person is in the United States illegally